Modern Russian is not as modern as many people think. Its formation began back in the days of the great Russian poet A.S. Pushkin, and during this rather impressive period its structure and sound changed only in particulars, without violating the general traditional foundations.
Nevertheless, the norms of the Russian language underwent some changes and took shape in the system of modern linguistics. It is impossible to talk about the category of correct speech without relying on language norms. Normalization is an indispensable guarantee of the correct literary language. Of course, illiterate speech is not a crime, unlike ignorance of traffic rules, for example. However, it is very difficult to imagine a country in which one fine morning they would decide to abandon language norms. For someone, of course, this day will be a great holiday, but most are likely to arrange a rally on the occasion. A reasonable person understands that the norms of the Russian language are on guard of general unity and understanding.
The norms of modern Russian literary language cover oral and written speech. They are caused by a number of factors: the laws of language development, cultural traditions of society. The norms regulate people's speech behavior, they reflect the historical aspects of the language and are used not only in literary masterpieces, but also by everyone who considers himself an educated person.
The norm of the Russian language is a model that reflects the actual period of development of the literary language, but at the same time includes the past and even the future, as part of it. The norm is necessary for the endless connection of generations. It conveys information in a generally understandable code, carries out the most important function of the language - cultural.
However, it is worth going directly to the standards. Surely many remember them from school. This is not to say that their list or content has changed radically during this time. You can verify this by opening any textbook on the Russian language.
Norms of the Russian language
- Orthoepic norms determine competent pronunciation.
- Lexical regulate the correct choice of a word in accordance with its meaning and general context. Special explanatory dictionaries and reference books will help get rid of doubts.
- Grammar regulate the rules of education, change of words, as well as the construction of sentences. Word-formation norms of the Russian language are included in the grammatical structure along with morphological and syntactic.
- Stylistic determine the correct use of a language unit in accordance with the style of content.
- Spelling includes a number of spelling rules for words.
- Punctuation governs punctuation.
- Intonation and stress norms relate to special norms of spoken language. Here also some sources add the orthoepic norm.
No matter how “threatening” language norms may sound, their study can be turned into an exciting game-journey through the expanses of the great and mighty. And their knowledge will remove the label of ignoramus and hang the order of a connoisseur of the Russian literary language.